Play Parks for your Kids
Try to get your kids to a play park each month, and let them be socially active! Fun, friends, running, playing... Play parks are the best place for your kids to freely express themselves.
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Face Painting for Kids
Thinking about a face painting party for your kids? Try hiring a face painter, or, better yet, try doing it yourself! Check out our tips and information on how to make this great party activity as fun and entertaining as possible.
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Tennis for Kids
Get your kids to take part in this popular competitive sport! Kids can start learning from a young age, and will enjoy watching their skill improve. Doubles or singles, with family or with friends, your children will love sharing their progress.
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Violins for Kids
Do your kids have an interest in music? They might enjoy learning the violin. A violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden instrument which is played by moving a bow across four strings. The violin is believed to originate in Europe in the 19th century and has since become popular worldwide. It is the smallest of the string instruments and has a higher pitched sound than other instruments in its family, including the cello and the viola.
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Elevate Your Child's Soccer Game with 10 Essential Drills
Set up a "defensive wall" using cones or other players, requiring your child to practice shooting under pressure. This drill simulates real game scenarios.
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Art Classes: Guidance for Kiwi Parents
Check the qualifications and experience of the art teachers Ideally, the teachers should possess a background in art education and experience working with children.
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Community centres
Have you ever taken your kids along to your local community centre? If not, check it out today - community organisations often run events and programmes at these venues which are low cost and designed to support the well being and enjoyment of families and their kids. Your kids can participate in lots of good causes as well as making friends and having a great time!
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Accordion For Kids
Try something different with this unique musical instrument!<br><br>It is often heard in Eastern European folk music.<br> Give your child a cultural as well as a musical experience with the accordion!
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Horse Riding for Kids
Horse riding is a great activity that gives your child contact with animals and nature , and helps develop maturity and responsibility.
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Aqua Fun Park for Kids
Aqua fun parks are a great way to cool off and have fun for the entire family. Babies and toddlers can splash around in the kids' pool, while older children can get their thrills from fast slides and water based rides.
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Baseball for Kids
If your kids are team sports players who are looking for something new, they might like to try baseball. Baseball can be a fabulous activity for kids with energy to burn. It's a relatively simple game, played with a bat and a ball between two opposing teams. Teams take turns to hit the ball and try to run around a diamond shaped course before the ball is caught and returned by the opposing team. The team with the most 'runs' at the end wins the game.
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Calisthenics For Kids
If your kids love gymnastics and dancing, try calisthenics!<br><br>A great kids activity designed to improve kids fitness and agility!
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Beading for kids
Let your kids design and create their own jewellry through beading! Beading offers colorful projects that your kids can enjoy that will also make way for their creative sides to shine.
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Angling for Kids
Angling - fishing with a hook and line - is a popular pastime, particularly on a sunny afternoon. Since primitive times people have caught fish to eat and this habit has evolved over the years into both a relaxing leisure pursuit and a fiercely competitive sport that appeals to adults and kids alike.
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Clarinet For Kids
If your child is keen to learn a musical instrument, try the clarinet!<br><br>A standard fixture in school bands across the country, the clarinet is easy and fun to play and a great way to start your kids on a musical instrument!
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Why Kiwi Kids Adore Martial Arts Fitness
Kids start with foundational techniques and steadily progress towards advanced skills, marking their journey with achievable milestones. This structured pathway instills perseverance and dedication in Kiwi children as they strive towards their objectives.
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Aquatic Centres for Kids
For fun and fitness why not get your kids to your local aquatic centre this summer? Aquatic centres, sometimes known as leisure centres, are common throughout New Zealand and they provide an opportunity for parents and kids to enjoy a vast array of water based activities for kids from swimming lessons to pool parties. Aquatic centres usually feature a swimming pool as their main attraction and are often a venue for sporting activities such as swimming carnivals and water polo.
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